Fireworks and Patriotism Across a Fourth of July
The piece reflects on fireworks history from China to Sitka and contrasts childhood Fourth revelry with adult patriotism. It notes factory life on Long Island with 90 workers and 15 acres, the legend of American independence, and a Sitka celebration featuring a Goddess of Liberty.
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Washington
Mary C. Ringwall
Los Angeles Times
America
Fairyland
Europe
Italy
England
Henry Will
Anne Boleyn
France
Fontainebleau
Avisam
Long Island
Sitka
Uncle Sam
Alaska
Indlan
Moth Ball Trade Causes Local Cash Confusion
A Chicago Record-Herald story recalls a downtown pharmacist faced with an eccentric customer who bought moth balls for a battle of quick throws. The man claimed the balls were for marbles and insisted on proving their throwing speed, revealing a ran-dom, humorous encounter in a late afternoon transaction.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Beyond Our Borders Chronicle Highlights World Oddities
An international roundup notes BC timber acreage at 182,760,000 acres and 100,968,363 bottles of champagne in French caves last year. It cites steam plows raising West Indies sugarcane estates profits, a London dentist’s marriage proposal hidden in dental plates, a ring for three newspaper copies in Berlin, sleeping sickness tolls in Africa, and a Weimar museum robbery exposing Goethe manuscripts in a Berlin antiquarian’s possession.
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British Columbia
West Indies
London
Ras
Zeitung Am Mittag
Friedrichstrasse
Africa
Weimar
Goethe-Schiller Museum
Berlin
Weimar Museum
Doctor Challenges German Passenger on Bus
A Baltimore physician aboard a crowded Charles Street bus confronted a German man occupying excess seat space next to a standing woman. The man smiled and admitted the seat was his wife, turning the moment into a joke. The Baltimore American notes the comment from the gardener about grafting, reflecting on public gullibility.
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Baltimore
Charles Street
Pitied Pitcoe and a wily coping quip
A comic misunderstanding reveals a husband dodging scolding for a two week auto tour. He tells his wife he pities Pitcoe whose wife now gives him trouble, and the punch line deflects the potential rebuke. The anecdote hints at fatherly heroism in children.
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Pitcoe
Quotes on life and war echo in editorials
A fragment from Washington Star contrasts a father’s plea to his daughter Blanche who replies she has faced three engagements. Detroit Free Press notes scarce strawberries still promising growing lumber. A closing line observes you can judge a man by what he omits actions rather than words.
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Blanche
Washington Star
Calfornia Fig Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup Co
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Manhattan Beach
Baltimore American
Pitied Pitcoe
Mary O’brien
Myrtle Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
Peruna
Austin M. Small
Astoria
Ore
Detroit Free Press
Pe-Runa
Gatarrh
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